The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-21
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD.
Cooper's Warehouse to be Supplanted
By Mammoth Brick Establishment


the land-a spirit which pushes and
urges on all sides, and before which the
old time works are retreating in utter
despair The old must give place to
the new, and wherever the necessity of
an Improvement is manifest the bus
mess man who IS alive 70 his OWE in
terest is not slow to act, although the
cost Of the same few years ago might
have been regarded as a reckless eX-
penditure or almost insuperable barrier,
which made the whole thing look i'm
practicable. The latest example of
this is our wide-awake and enterpris
ing tobacco warehouseman Mr.. d. \.
Cooper. He has just perfected plans
and made arrangements to build a
large brick warehouse on the site of
his present establishment and to run
back some distance into. the lot on
Montgomery street. The new struct-
ure will be IIox2oo feet, with a front
on both Montgomery street ard Wyche
Alley. 1t Will have basement 7oX
200 feet, making total of $4,000
square feet Of flooring room for sale
and handling purposes. Orders have
been given for the lumber and brick
are being made for the purpose. Mr..
X. w. Coghlll will superntend the
construction Of the building, and it
will be done in frst-Class manner in
every way. The new house will be
built upon the most improved plan
and the offices and everything will be
fitted up with an eye to the comfort
and convenience Of employees and pat
rons. Sales will not be interrupted
during the progress Of the work. The
present house Will be used until the
first half or section Of the new build
ing, which will take up part of the
present camp lot, is finished, when that
will be occupied while the other is be
ing removed and rebuilt.
The new establishment will be com
plete in all its details and appoint
ments-the well-known reputation OF
the man who is to build it guarantees
that-and it will surpass any tobac-
co warehouse in North Carolina.
When the new house shall be erected
the business of the proprietor can be
carried on with much more satisfaction
to himself and his patrons, than whom
no man has them in greater number
than D. y. Cooper.
Ever alive, pushing and aggressive
as a business man Mr. Cooper has seer
his trade rise from small proportion:
only few years ago, until it has as
sumed such magnitude and impor
lance to-day that it is difficult to est
mate its true extent. The name Q
Dave Cooper is a household wore
throughout this entire tobacco grow
ing section for seventy-flve miles, an(
he is acknowledged one Of the mos
su> cessfuI warehousemen and best bus
in1ss men in the trade.
With due Difference to the othe
, gentlemen engaged in the trade a
: present, all of whom have done thei
part in building up and SUSTAINING
f our market since commencing in tn
, business, it is no reflection upon an
: one to say that the remarkable growt
: and development of Henderson as
: tobacco market is due to the individ
I ual efforts Of Mr.. Cooper more tina
d to any other one man. \ shreWd, IA
i sighted business man, his untiring en-
=. ergy and splendid judgment have a
+ all times been bent in the direction {
= advancing the interests of the TOW
+ and communicable building up {
a large and successful tobacco marke
at Henderson-as we'll as his own II
e dividual business, and the permananc
of both cannot be gainsaid.
d Henderson is to-day the leadin
Il market in the State for strictly fin
bright tobacco, while in point Of hig
prices paid and the extent and variet
" Of the stock sold upon our warehou:
y floors daily, 1t yields the palm
none. Every grade Of tobacco grow
Il in the two States finds sale here an
= while we lead in fine goods the ma
ket furnishes abundant stock of ar
grade desired. The large corps
e buyers and the number and capaclt
of the houses for storing and handllr
the tobacco, are evidence OF this fac
Id The GOLD LEAF believes the future
our town was never brighter, and
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